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2007 Ranked #6,098

Yavalath

An abstract connection game where players place pieces to form a line of four and win. Forming a line of three first loses instead, so every promising connection must be checked for its dangerous intermediate pattern.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Print & Play Hexagon Grid Pattern Building

Players

2-3

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

2.23/5

Rating

7.14

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Yavalath is an abstract strategy game for two players. Players strive to make a straight line of 4 pieces of their colour, but lose if they make a line of 3 before doing so.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Pattern Building

Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description

Yavalath is an abstract strategy game for two players. Players strive to make a straight line of 4 pieces of their colour, but lose if they make a line of 3 before doing so. The board (a hexagon 5 spaces on a side) is initially empty. Players take turns placing a piece of their colour on an empty cell. Yavalath was invented / discovered by a game-generating computer program developed by Cameron Browne as part of his Ph.D. research.

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Type

1
Abstract

Category

2
Print & Play Abstract Strategy

Mechanism

2
Hexagon Grid Pattern Building

Family

5
Category: Combinatorial Category: n in a row Digital Implementations: Ai Ai Digital Implementations: igGameCenter Misc: Computer-Generated Games

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All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2–3
Play time
10 min
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Cameron Browne

Artists

1
Néstor Romeral Andrés

Publishers

2
(Web published) nestorgames

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